V. I. Lenin

Aid for the Wounded of the Red Army!

Delivered:2 July, 1920First Published:A facsimile of the manuscript published in the magazineRaneny KrasnoarmeyetsNo. 1, July 5, 1920; Published according to the magazine textSource:Lenin’sCollected Works, 4th English Edition, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965,Volume 31, page 183Translated:Julius KatzerTranscription\HTML Markup:David Walters&R. CymbalaCopyleft:V. I. Lenin Internet Archive (www.marx.org) 2002. Permission is granted to copy and/or distribute this document under the terms of theGNU Free Documentation License

Thanks to the heroism of the factory workers and of
    all working people, and despite the extraordinary difficulties and
    the terribly slow rate of progress, we are succeeding in reviving
    and restoring the economic life, which was shattered by the tsar
    and the capitalists. Matters are on the upgrade if ever so
    slowly. However, all our difficulties and hardships are as nothing
    compared with what has fallen to the lot of the wounded Red Army
    men, who are spilling their own blood in defence of the workers'
    and peasants' government, against the Polish nobles and
    capitalists, who are being egged on by the capitalists of Great
    Britain, France and America.

Let each man in the rear be mindful of his duty and help the
    wounded Red Army men to the best of his ability.

July 2, 1920